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gameti

pr 3rd sg of gameti (verb)

1. makes go; causes to go (to); causes to get; makes become
2. makes known; makes intelligible; lit. causes to go
3. makes (something) go (into); forces; impales (something into); lit. cause to go

Built from

• gam — root · go, walk
  Indo-European *gwem-/*gʰem- (to go, come). Cognates: Sanskrit gacchati (goes), Latin venire (to come), English come. Concrete sense: physical motion from one place to another.
• -e — ending · 3rd singular present
  The thematic vowel and present-tense marker, indicating third person singular indicative in active voice.
• -ti — ending · 3rd singular marker
  The primary ending for third person singular present indicative, marking active voice and non-past tense.

Etymology. From the causative stem gam- (to go), derived from the root √gam (go, walk). The causative -eti suffix transforms the basic sense of motion into transitive causation: "makes (someone) go". The root √gam is cognate with Latin venire "to come" (from earlier *gwem-), Sanskrit gacchati "goes", and English come (from Proto-Germanic *kwem-), all descending from the Indo-European root *gwem- or *gʰem- meaning "to go, come". The extended senses "makes known" and "makes intelligible" arise from the metaphorical extension of "causing motion" to "causing understanding or apprehension".

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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